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Aaron Finch won the hurl and chose to pursue, sending India into bat in the initial Twenty20 universal at Adelaide Oval.

Both groups named debutants, with batsman Travis Head included for his first match for Australia and India including allrounder Hardik Pandya and quick bowler Jasprit Bumrah for their introductions.

There were likewise huge returns for both sides, with Australia picking express bowler Shaun Tait for his first universal match subsequent to the 2011 World Cup and allrounder Shane Watson for his first global of the late spring.

For India, quick bowler Ashish Nehra was, similar to Tait, named for his first global since the 2011 World Cup, while batsman Yuvraj Singh likewise returned having not played for India since the 2014 World Twenty20.